tweeling

Senso (Inglese)

1. (masculine) a pair of twins; said of people and other mammals
2. (masculine, plural, plural-only, uncommon, usually) each of two twin siblings
3. (masculine) a vegetal or object equivalent, e.g. an identical fruit pair

Concetti

gemello

gemelli

Gemelli

♊

Gemini

gemella

gemelle

sinonimi

drieling

vierling

Traduzioni

twin

Zwilling

twins

jumeau

gêmeo

gemelo

δίδυμος

gêmeos

jumeaux

çift

Zwillinge

توأم

bessó

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈtʋeː.lɪŋ/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da olandese medio: twiling

Ereditato da Old Dutch: *twinling

Affine tedesco: Zwilling

Affine inglese: twinling

Affine danese: tvilling

In summary

From Middle Dutch twiling, twilling, tweiling, from Old Dutch *twinling, possibly from Proto-Germanic *twinilingaz, with the first element from *twinaz (compare German Zwilling, English twinling, Danish tvilling). By surface analysis, twee (“two”) + -ling.

Frasi

Ze is in verwachting van een tweeling .

Si aspetta gemelli.